Vikings star running back Aaron Jones (hamstring) is probably playing on Sunday against the Lions, according to NFL Network insider Ian Rapaport.
“Should be an absolutely awesome game, one that I would say at this point is likely to include Aaron Jones, the star running back for the Minnesota Vikings,” Rapaport said on Good Morning Football . “Went down with, thought it was a hip injury, turns out it was a hamstring injury. Obviously they had the bye week last week, that helped. … It does seem like it’s in a good place, so I would say at this point, likely Aaron Jones is out there.”
Jones didn’t practice on Wednesday but was able to get in a limited session on Thursday. The safe assumption is that he’ll be limited again on Friday and go into the weekend listed as questionable, but it’ll be worth keeping an eye on the Vikings’ final injury report to confirm that. It sounds like if there are no setbacks on Friday or in pregame warmups on Sunday, Jones should be good to go for the massive NFC North showdown against Detroit…